[Bug-ddrescue] USB external recovery

[Matistimo]

I had a 200 GB external USB formatted under windows xp ntfs go bad on me. It
was just used for storage with only 1 partition. I'm new to linux but was
able to use knoppix 5.1 and figured out how to get ddrescue 1.6 installed
and working. I was able to rescue the entire disk using the following:
ddrescue -B -n  /dev/sdd /dev/sda2 recused.log. sdd was the usb and sda2 was
a new partition on an e-sata drive. The one thing I think I screwed up was
that the new partition on sda2 was not exactly the same size as the
original. Can I still use what I have rescued or should I start over with a
partition that is exactly the same size? The other question I have is is it
better to rescue the data as an image vs an exact disk copy? From what I've
read online the opinions seem to vary.

Thanks for any help,
Kevin
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